Razor-blade holder.



R. A* JOHNSTONE. RAZOR BLADE HOLDER.

APPLICATION HLED :una 13. 191s.

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RAZOR-BLADE HOLDER.

Specifioationbf Letters Patent.

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Application filed .Tune 13, 1916. Serial No. 103,524.

To all whom it may concern: f Be it known that l, ROBERT A'. JOHN-s'roNE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Ness City, inthe 4county of Ness and State of Kansas, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Razor-Blade Holders, of which the following is aspeciication.

This invention is an improvement in razors, and it has particularreference to razors of the so-called safety type.

An object of the invention is the provision of an improved holder for adetachable blade, whereinl an arm of the razor has a socket for thereception of a blade carrier and ejector removably mounted therein andof novel construction, and having a clamp ing device associatedtherewith for retaining the blade in adjusted position.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which is simplein construction, easy to manufacture, and wherein the blade is readilyand ouickly removable when it is desired to replace the same.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a varietyof,mechanical expressions, one of which for the purpose of illustratingthe invention, is shown inthe accompanying drawing wherein- Figure 1 isa side elevation of the razor constructed in accordance with theinvention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is asimilar section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detailperspective view of the parts separated.

The invention is illustrated in connection with a razor of the pivotedhandle type, but it is of course understood that the same can be used inconnection with any other type of razor involving a detachable bladeconstruction.

There is illustrated in the accompanying drawing what is now believed tobe a preferred form ofthe invention, wherein the handle 10 is pivoted at11 to the arm 12, which is preferably made of metal bent upon itself asindicated, to provide a socket 13 extending substantially the lengththereof. At the outer end of the arm 12 the same is provided withoppositely disposed jaws or blade guides 14, for. receiving the razorblade 15 therebetween. These jaws are preferably formed integral withthe arm 12, and are spaced a less distance apart than the width ofthesocket 13, so that the inner surfaces of said'jaws will tightlyengage the blade 15 when the same is adjusted Iin position.

` The blade 15 is preferably provided along its inner longitudinal edgewith a filling piece 16 to yprovide an enlarged portion adapted to fitsnugly in the socket 13 of the arm 12. A carrying and ejecting device 17is associated with the blade 15 and is preferably in the form of anelongated bar cut away at one end to provide a reduced extension 18substantially equal in length to that of the blade 15 andhaving at itsreduced extremity a transverse lange stop 19 between which and theshoulder formed by the reduced portion, the blade 15 is adapted to fit.When adjusting the razor blade in position, the enlarged end Yof thecarrying andejectingdevice 17. is first inserted into the socket 13,then moved longitudinally thereof, until the inner end of the razorblade also is in alinementrwith the socket 13, whereupon the carryingdevice and'blade may be further pushed inwardly into said socket untilthe inner end of the device V1"( contacts the inner end of the'saidsocket. Whenin this position the flange stop 19 will engage the outerextremity of the arm 12, and in order to facilitate theremoval oftheblade, the said arm is notched as indicated at 20, in order that ,theoperator may insert a fingernail into engagementl with the end of thesaid stop flange 19 and thus withdraw the carrying and ejecting devicefrom the socket 13.

In order to securely retain the blade 15 in its adjusted position, thereis provided a clamping plate 21 having at each end thereof a guide 22between which and the body of said plate is kreceived the jaws orbladeguide 14. @ne longitudinal edge of the clampingplate 21 is providedwith the usual guard iingerso23, while the other edge thereof isprovided with an extension 24 carrying a lug 25 adjacent its outer end,which is adapted to engage either one of the openings 26 formed in thearm 12 intermediate the ends of the jaws 14. This extension 24 ispreferably resilient, and when the clamping plate is in position the lug25 will snap into the opening 26, and thus retain the clamping plate inposition.

What is claimed is:

V1. A razor including an arm having parallel'blade engagingk jaws at oneend, and

Ya Socket extending Ylongitudinally thereof,Y

" a' blade mounted between said jaws, and a l'carryingV vand eje'ctingdevice for said bladeV vincluding a'fiatfelongated member havingAVoneofits edges'reduced to provide'a recess of'ra'V lengthsubstantially kequal to that of j said: blade f wherebyV to receive aportionv Y thereof,V said device being inserted intorsaid V'socketand'havingits Vredueedjoortion in- VVeind 0f `Said terposed between theYinner longitudinal jaws andthe inner edge of the j bladeVY Y Y j f 2. Arazor including an arm having par- 'ellgl bladeengaeine jaws at one endand a socket'extending Vlongitudinally thereof, a

blade mounted between said jaws, andV a carrying and ejeeting device forsaid blade including a iiat elongated member having one of its edgesreduced to provide a recess of a length substantially equal to that kofsaid blade whereby to receive a portion thereof, said device beinginserted into said ROBERT ARTHUR J OHN STONE.

Witnesses:

Y J. W. CLoRIs'roN,

J. R. WATSON.

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